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Dance of the Seven Veils is a 1970 British TV film directed by Ken Russell about Richard Strauss. The film was highly controversial.
"I hated it so much" said The Observer.[1]
"There was gratuitous sex and violence of the most outlandish kind", said Mary Whitehouse.[2] "I don't deny its power," said The Guardian.[3]
Russell said "One of the purposes of making the film was to shock complacent critics and viewers who sit in front of their sets for hours on end watching cocoa advertisements. I was simply setting out to make a film about Richard Strauss, and I felt that everything I showed was necessary for presenting my idea of this man."[2]
"My intention was to paint in broad strokes," he said. "I wanted strong, hard outlines to bring out aspects of this man and his work that to my mind have been overlooked. Strauss was a selfadvertising, vulgar, commercial man."[2]
References
- ^ War between Russell and Strauss: Two views of ken Russell's contro-versial television film,'Dance of the Seven Veils,' seen on 'Omnibus' last week Heyworth, Peter. The Observer 22 Feb 1970: 31.
- ^ a b c Russell's Seven Veils shocks critics: [1F Edition] Waymark, Peter. The Times17 Feb 2001: 27.
- ^ review: DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS on BBC-1 Banks-Smith, Nancy. The Guardian16 Feb 1970: 8.
External links
- Dance of the Seven Veils at IMDB
- Dance of the Seven Veils at Letterbox DVD
- Dance of the Seven Vails at BFI Screenonline
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